人ひとには添そうてみよ馬うまには乗のってみよ

expression

you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it

Proverb meaning that true understanding of a person or thing comes only through direct, sustained experience. Often used to caution against snap judgments.

• 「人ひとには添そうてみよ馬うまには乗のってみよ」と言いうように、実じっ際さいに一いっ緒しょに暮くらしてみないとその人ひとの本ほん当とうの性せい格かくはわからない。

  As the proverb goes, 'You can't judge someone until you've spent time with them'; you won't know a person's true character until you actually live with them.

• 新あたらしい仕し事ごとも、人ひとには添そうてみよ馬うまには乗のってみよの精せい神しんでまずはやってみることが大たい切せつだ。

  With a new job, too, it's important to first give it a try in the spirit of 'you can't judge something until you've tried it.'